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This case study describes the installation of a 15 kWp vortex hydropower system by Turbulent at the Green School in Bali, Indonesia, to replace an unstable national grid and provide reliable, clean energy for students and the surrounding community.

A case study on the implementation of a solar-powered e-mobility solution for Tanganyika Expeditions' safari lodges in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, integrated by Asantys Systems.

This case study describes a project managed by Camco Clean Energy via the Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) to deploy Solar Home Systems (SHS) in Cameroon through the provider upOwa. The initiative addresses electricity gaps in rural areas using a pay-as-you-go model to support households, micro-businesses, and essential services.

This case study describes the Luz en Casa Amazonia Microgrid Pilot Project in Copal Urco, Peru, implemented by the acciona.org Foundation. The project replaced a limited diesel-fed system with a solar PV microgrid to provide more reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to a rural community in the Amazonian rainforest.

This case study documents the community-led efforts of Kamarkhali village in north-central Bangladesh to combat accelerating riverbank erosion along the Someshwari River. Through the formation of a resistance committee, non-violent protests, and multiple attempts to build embankments, the community eventually secured government assistance to construct a sandbag embankment completed in April 2021.

This report provides an evidence-based and costed roadmap for transforming agriculture and food systems in Ethiopia to address hunger, nutrition, and climate change.

The 'Policy Action Framework: Improving product sustainability information in e-commerce' report provides guidance for policy-makers to leverage the growth of e-commerce and increasing consumer environmental concern to accelerate sustainable consumption. It proposes five core and three supporting actions to ensure online consumers have access to clear and reliable product sustainability information.

The research paper 'Toward Multipurpose Trade Policy?' by Nicolas Lamp describes a paradigm shift in international trade, moving from a primary focus on economic efficiency and liberalization toward 'multipurpose trade policy.' This new approach integrates substantive policy objectives—such as climate mitigation, national security, and labor rights—directly into trade policy rather than treating them as externalities. The author outlines the domestic challenges of balancing incommensurable goals and the international implications, including a declining role for multilateral trade law and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The Center for International Environmental Law and other organizations urge the Biden administration to publicly condemn the killing of at least 48 civilians and the use of excessive force by security forces in Peru under President Dina Boluarte.

This policy brief argues that the United States power grid lacks a comprehensive national development plan, unlike the European Union and China, leaving it fragmented and vulnerable to climate-related extreme weather. It advocates for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to mandate minimum inter-regional power transfer capabilities and establish a robust planning process to improve grid resilience and resource sharing.

This policy brief examines climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts within ASEAN member states, specifically focusing on the agriculture, energy, and land-use, land-use change, and forestry sectors. It explores how international trade cooperation and trade-related policies can support these regional efforts and aims to provide a bottom-up, developing country perspective to counter the dominance of advanced economies in global trade and climate discussions at the WTO and other international settings.

Iloilo City, Philippines, implemented a Participatory Housing and Urban Development project to protect vulnerable urban poor communities from flood risks. Through a partnership between the local government and the Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines Inc. (HPFPI), the city moved 1,250 households from flood-prone waterways to secure, within-city housing. The initiative replaced forced evictions with community-driven planning and innovative financing, including over 560 collective savings groups, and integrated urban poor representatives into city government boards for land use and disaster risk.

This report by the African Center for Economic Transformation analyzes the cocoa value chain in Liberia, identifying significant binding constraints in production, logistics, and governance. It argues that the sector must transition from a traditional commodity model to a high-value-adding industry to drive economic transformation.

This research paper examines the nature of fluorinated gases (F-gases), their impact on global warming, and the international and domestic policy frameworks designed to phase them down, specifically focusing on the Kigali Amendment and the U.S. AIM Act.

This case study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development emphasizes the role of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) in managing mining projects, specifically focusing on the necessity of community consultation and engagement to avoid conflict and secure a social licence to operate.

This briefing from RMI describes the role of Virtual Power Plants (VPPs)—aggregations of distributed energy resources like batteries and electric vehicles—in enhancing grid reliability, affordability, and decarbonization, while outlining priorities to scale the market.

This case study describes a community-led mangrove nursery initiative in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh, implemented by the local NGO Bangladesh Environments and Development Society (BEDS). The project focuses on empowering women to transition from using mangrove seeds as cooking fuel to cultivating saplings for sale and ecological restoration, providing both economic stability and climate resilience.

This research paper analyzes the risks associated with Burkina Faso's decision to recruit 50,000 civilian auxiliaries into the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP) to combat violent extremists. It examines the military reorganization under President Ibrahim Traoré and warns that inadequate training, supervision, and lack of a demobilization plan could lead to increased ethnic violence and uncontrolled armed civilians.

This fact sheet defines global warming as the excessive accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, explains its causes rooted in human activity, details its environmental consequences, and outlines global political commitments and individual actions to mitigate the phenomenon.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute evaluates the potential for short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) mitigation resulting from Costa Rica's decarbonization plan, identifying specific emission reduction targets and the cross-sectoral policy synergies required to overcome implementation barriers.